An independent US fact-finding federal agency has said India made “significant” changes to improve trade and investment conditions after Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office.

US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House, in New Delhi. Tasked to investigate the Modi government specifically by US congress, the agency, US International Trade Commission, found much to praise and little to criticize.(Gurinder Osan/HT Photo)

An independent US fact-finding federal agency has said India made “significant” changes to improve trade and investment conditions after Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office.

Tasked to investigate the Modi government specifically by US congress, the agency, US International Trade Commission, found much to praise and little to criticize.

It said in a report made public Thursday “the Modi government made significant changes to some of the barriers to trade and investment identified” in the previous report.